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Anglo-Saxon England in Icelandic medieval texts

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Anglo-Saxon England in Icelandic medieval texts

by
Fjalldal, Magnús

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Old Norse literature -- History and criticism, Comparative literature -- Old Norse and English (Old English), Comparative literature -- English (Old English) and Old Norse, Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1066-1485 -- Sources, Great Britain -- In literature
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
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printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
Contributor
Internet Archive
Language
English
xi, 162 pages ; 24 cm

"Medieval Icelandic authors wrote a great deal on the subject of England and the English. This new work by Magnus Fjalldal is the first to provide an overview of what Icelandic medieval texts have to say about Anglo-Saxon England in respect to its language, culture, history, and geography." "Some of the texts Fjalldal examines include family sagas, the shorter paettir, the histories of Norwegian and Danish kings, and the Icelandic lives of Anglo-Saxon saints. Fjalldal finds that in response to a hostile Norwegian court and kings, Icelandic authors - from the early thirteenth century onwards (although they were rather poorly informed about England before 1066) - created a largely imaginary country where friendly, generous, rather ineffective kings living under constant threat welcomed the assistance of Scandinavian saga heroes to solve their problems."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157) and index
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